US President Donald Trump enforced a similar ban last month, which received a great deal of backlash over fears devices would be damaged in the hold

According to The Times, which attributed the report to a senior Whitehall source, British security bosses are on alert that Trump is planning on enforcing the laptop ban on flights headed to the US from some European locations.

One source told the paper it is not yet clear whether the UK will be included in the ban, as a final decision is yet to be made.

The unnamed official told The Times: “As with everything from Trump’s America, there are conflicting reports about where, when and what.”

Meanwhile, a US official has suggested a final decision by the US Department of Homeland Security may not be far off, and confirmed the UK is on the list of countries up for consideration.

The initial ban, which was enacted last month and affects flights to the US from 10 airports in eight countries which include Saudi Arabia, Qatar and Morocco, was reportedly spurred by the development of laptop bombs.

Last month's ban saw passengers headed to the US from 10 airports in eight countries banned from taking any devices larger than a smartphone onto planes

al-Shabaab, a Somalia-based Islamist group with links to al-Qaeda, is said to be behind the new technology.

A spokesperson for the US Department of Homeland Security told The Times: “We will continue to evaluate the threat environment and make determinations based on that assessment but we have not made any decisions on expanding the current restrictions against large electronic devices in aircraft cabins from selected airports.”

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